INFORMED DECISIONS CORP.™ AND RS-UNIX.COM™ ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Alameda, CA. and San Francisco, CA. April 18, 2003 – Informed Decisions Corp.™ (IDC) and rs-unix.com™ today announced that the two organizations have formed a partnership to provide joint services to institutions in higher education. IDC is the architect of the CASHNet® Commerce Center, a suite of software, services and technology that helps higher education manage their campus commerce. IDC provides products and services that include in-line and on-line billing, account presentation and payment processing for both student and non-student constituents. rs-unix.com is an IBM Premier Business Partner delivering IBM Platform solutions to run its customers' mission critical enterprise and e-business applications.

“One of IDC's greatest strengths is our commitment to saying yes to our customers,” says Dan Peterson, President and CEO of IDC. “Business officers at our customer universities have asked us to provide premier level support, in areas outside our in-house expertise, and we started looking for a company that shares that commitment, and adds to our ability to service customers.”

“We set up a pilot at San Diego State University for the purpose of performing a Health Check on the university's CASHNet server. A general system review preceded our security review, followed by AIX and SYSTEM maintenance. The final piece included capacity and performance analysis,” says Jeff Medeiros, President of rs-unix.com. “The pilot tested not only the value delivered to the customers, but the ability for IDC and rs-unix to work efficiently and effectively together at delivering additional value added services to the customer.”

“Working together eliminates the need for the customer to manage multiple relationships and the subsequent finger-pointing that occurs when problems arise. Our new partnership leverages our infrastructure strengths with a software provider focused exclusively in the higher education market. The pilot results clearly showed the increased customer satisfaction in utilizing a single point of contact for both the application and the platform support. This result is a real WIN for our customers,” says Mr. Medeiros.

“Universities are often resource constrained, especially in the IT area, and our partnership with rs-unix.com provides much needed relief to overworked IT staff, while ensuring optimal performance of essential hardware,” says Mr. Peterson. “The services we offer jointly will be performed on a regular basis for the universities, twice a year or even quarterly.”

rs-unix.com’s mission is to deliver high quality IBM open systems and storage solutions by being a value/action oriented team dedicated to the success and total satisfaction of their customers, business partners, and employees. The company has built a team of highly skilled and certified UNIX, NT, and open systems storage specialists that deliver these solutions.

As solution architects, IDC works with the business professionals from institutions recognized for their innovation and best practices. In over 15 years of working with higher education business offices, IDC has helped develop and implement solutions reflecting the highest levels of operational excellence and business functionality.

About CASHNet
CASHNet® is the safest and easiest way to manage and control commerce on your campus with any payment, anytime, anywhere. CASHNet offer institutions a fully-hosted cashiering, online payment, electronic billing, departmental storefront and installment payment plan solution. For more information about CASHNet, call 1-800-294-6800, or visit www.cashnet.com.

CASHNet®
1301 Marina Village Parkway
Suite 100
Alameda CA 94501
800-294-6800
www.cashnet.com

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